A development strategy for superinsulated housing

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5906471· OSTI ID:5906471

This project addressed the problem of introducing radically new construction principles into the residential development arena in the City Of Saint Louis which targeted substantial reductions in heating and cooling costs. Specifically, the goal was to devise a program that could explore the use of ''superinsulation'' as standard practice in the housing industry, both for new construction and rehabilitation. This meant that major barriers in education, design capability, financing, and technology calibration had to be overcome. The basic approach was to implement a demonstration program that would produce a number of superinsulated housing units of a variety of types. These units would, in effect, be the ''test cases'' to adapt Canadian and European superinsulation standards to a midwestern United States climate. Subsequent monitoring of these units for actual energy use would ''prove'' the reliability and high cost-effectiveness of the technology. 31 tabs.

• Research Organization: Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives (USA). Energy Task Force; Saint Louis, City of, MO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-78IR05106
• OSTI ID: 5906471
• Report Number(s): DOE/IR/05106-T125; ON: DE89015434
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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FEDERAL REGION VII
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